35/36

No doubt based on the 2011-2012 theft of $18 million worth of maple syrup from a storage facility in Quebec; five people were sentenced to prison

Scenario

When maple syrup farmer Ruth Landry finds her livelihood under attack from greedy competitors who were once her friends, she hatches a scheme to get revenge and shake up the industry. I want to start by saying that I went into this show with medium to light expectations, so there were no major disappointments or real surprises.

I knew about the real maple heist, saw the preview, and thought it would be a fun watch

And it can be a fun watch if you have a low-quality Fargo rip-off by people who don’t understand any of the functional components of a Coen brother’s film. And I guess you could say that all the little elements they ripped from other films could be a tribute and a tip of the hat if they didn’t feel so awkwardly and inappropriately confident in their own uniqueness.

It’s someone else’s work being rehashed over and over again

There’s a certain smugness to the writing and direction that, frankly, isn’t earned. It’s the end of a game of telephone, and that phrase is almost unrecognizable.

Bad, homey, bad-a**, weird-bad-a**

The only real appeal of the show that kept me watching until the end was the cast. They give it 100%, even if the characters were the same archetypes that these actors seem to always play these days.

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It seems like some of the cast can’t escape the type of actors that trapped them. I wish they had a better cast, even if they’re really great at what they do consistently.